Discouraging citizenship? Young people's reactions to news media coverage of anti-Iraq war protesting in the UK

Young

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-143

  Cushion, Stephen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; News media; Politics; War coverage; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249163696     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330880901700202     Document Type: Article

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